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diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md index 4f3bfffd9..be7c168c8 100644 --- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md +++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md @@ -283,6 +283,21 @@ Some external commands are shipped with Homebrew, and enabled by default. If set, instructs Homebrew to always assume `--verbose` when running commands. +## USING HOMEBREW BEHIND A PROXY + +Homebrew uses several commands for downloading files (e.g. curl, git, svn). +Many of these tools can download via a proxy. It's common for these tools +to read proxy parameters from environment variables. + +For the majority of cases setting `http_proxy` is enough. You can set this in +your shell profile, or you can use it before a brew command: + + http_proxy=http://<host>:<port> brew install foo + +If your proxy requires authentication: + + http_proxy=http://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port> brew install foo + ## SEE ALSO Homebrew Wiki: http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/ |